Published on 14/11/2024 10:46
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Donald Trump’s government: what role for Elon Musk?
With his return to the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump begins to appoint his government. Among the lucky few, a certain Elon Musk, who will head a new organization called “Government Effectiveness”.
(franceinfo)
With his return to the presidency of the United States, Donald Trump begins to appoint his government. Among the lucky few, a certain Elon Musk, who will head a new organization called “Government Effectiveness”.
From his very first victory speech, Donald Trump did not forget to thank him. The culmination of a campaign where the two men will have linked their destinies. The entrepreneur, founder of Tesla and SpaceX, was one of the centerpieces of this victory.
First via the social network X of which he is the owner. For months, with his 200 million subscribers, Elon Musk offered a permanent platform to Donald Trump. He tweets, retweets, does not hesitate to publish misleading information such as a speech by Kamala Harris, in reality created from scratch by artificial intelligence.
For Donald Trump, Elon Musk also gives of himself. Here he accompanies him to Butler, three months after the candidate’s assassination attempt. Above all, the richest man in the world offered 120 million dollars to the Republican campaign. In the home stretch, he even organized a real fake lottery, pretending to offer a million dollars a day to voters to encourage them to vote. The winners were actually activists designated in advance to be paid spokespersons for the party.
In the new Trump administration, Elon Musk will take over as head of the Department of Government Effectiveness. Clearly, he will have to decide on budget cuts. He even set a target of $2,000 billion. A department with a very particular acronym: DOGE, which refers to Dogecoin, the billionaire’s favorite cryptocurrency.
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